Author: Eric Spongberg

Christian von Essen – about the future, podding and how a rainy night in Copenhagen would affect his name

2019-08-30

We love pods here at Helio and as a result we have recording studios in both Helio GT30, Helio Kungsholmen and in our brand new, soon to be opened Helio Hornstull. One person who regularly stops by to record pods is the Jack of all trades; Christian von Essen with his dream project Heja Framtiden, where he has now interviewed a total of a hundred …

Johan Crona – about business models, company culture and missing puzzle pieces

2019-08-30

When Johan Crona was a child, his biggest interests consisted of computer games and sports. The dream was to become a football coach for Liverpool. Since a year back, he is a member at Helio GT30 with his own company Cloud Capital, where he works with team sports, but in another way. We had a long talk with Johan to …

Learn@Lunch – “Sustainable fashion – Hold in, hold on & hold together”

Learn@Lunch a lecture series presented to stimulate and inspire you while simultaneously filling your stomach. Since we all have time for lunch, we’ll kill two birds with one stone and present relevant and current topics and questions, offer lunch – and learn something new every time. “Sustainable fashion – Hold in, hold on & hold together” In a …

20 September, 2019 12:00

Vernissage – End of summer (what a bummer)

End of Summer (what a bummer) 6-7 September Like a farewell letter to the lovely Swedish summer, Helio is opening the door to the exhibition End of Summer (what a bummer) for a weekend in September. It’s sneaky. Tomas Ledin once very precisely said that other than it being short, it also –for the most part- rains away. Even if Tomas might have a point here, …

6 September, 2019 18:00

Learn@Lunch – The Swedish Institute of Positive Psychology

Learn@Lunch is a lecture series created to stimulate and inspire your mind while simultaneously filling your stomach. Since we all have time for lunch, we’ll kill two birds with one stone and present relevant and current topics and questions, offer lunch – and learn something new every time. Reach your potential in a sustainable way with positive psychology. …

11 September, 2019 12:00

5 lifehacks for keeping the vacation feeling going for a couple of weeks longer

2019-08-21

Welcome back to reality! For some, the last week of vacation feels infinitely long and you just want to push the pedal to the metal and dive right into fall. Others feel like the vacation disappeared faster than a Calippo in 30 degrees, and it takes several weeks to get used to waking up by …

Psst. Sneaky shots from the construction in Hornstull

2019-08-21

Only 3 weeks left until the opening in Hornstull and things are starting to get closer. The construction will be finalized next Friday and on Thursday our 7 meter tall tree is being put up on the wall. If you’re curious about the full project, you can read about it here, and if you want to come for a viewing, we are currently showing …

CinemAfrica 2019 – Release party

Welcome to the release party for the 21st edition of CinemAfrica at Helio GT30! The North’s biggest film festival for African movies invites you to a release party with champagne and secret live performances. The theme for this year’s festival is decolonization and features over 40 movies from 20 different African countries and with 9 invited international guests. You’re all welcome to take part in …

6 September, 2019 18:00

Design After Work -“For Designers by Designers”

We are welcoming all design enthusiasts and Design Sweden members to an AW at Helio! Design Sweden is welcoming students from Beckmans, HDK Steneby, Konstfack, Carl Malmsten and Umeå Institute of Design to this Design AW at Helio – A perfect opportunity to listen to the young designers of the future as they share their thoughts with us and give us an opportunity to look closer at …

23 August, 2019 18:00

Learn@Lunch – I have met 100 futurists – this is what I have learned!

Learn@Lunch is a lecture series created to stimulate and inspire you while filling up your stomach. Since all of us have time for lunch, we decided to kill two birds with one stone and present relevant and current topics and questions, offer a good lunch – and learn something new every time. Go future! I have met …

27 August, 2019 12:00

NEW: We are now opening at the top of the DN skyscraper with the most staggering view in Stockholm

2019-06-27

We can finally tell you that we are opening new office spaces at the top floor of the DN skyscraper. Aside from our friendly gang with Albin in charge, podcast studio and lovely meeting room, you will also have a panoramic view of the entire Mälardalen. And one of the offices will even have its own 30-meter long balcony …

“Suddenly I thrived among the kitchen equipment, stress and yelling” Sergio Piñones about the road from indecisive teenager to kitchen manager at Penny & Bill

2019-06-26

We’ve had our in-house restaurant Penny & Bill since the opening of Helio GT30 on Greveturegatan,. There’s been a lot of exciting things happening both inside and outside of the kitchen during spring, among other things there’s a new kitchen manager named Sergio Piñones. Sergio has done a lot of big changes in the menu and he’s opened up a friendly dialogue with our members. …

“You should be able to be a woman in a floral dress holding a board meeting” – Sofia Kacim about millennials, the search for kicks and taking over the world

2019-06-14

Since last fall, we are able to pride ourselves on having Sofia Kacim, an expert in rhetoric as a member. She works as a communications consultant, coach and rhetoric trainer. Sofia is also the co-founder of HER Global Network, an expert on millennials, former head coach for speakers within TEDXStockholm and one of Veckans Affärer’s super-talents. Sofia’s face is visible in a lot of …

Learn@Lunch – Gamification

Gamification – “Game design and game mechanics applied to businesses” Learn@Lunch is a lecture series specifically developed to stimulate and inspire your head while simultaneously filling your stomach. Since we all have time for lunch, we wanted to kill two birds with one stone and present relevant and current topics and questions, offer lunch – and learn …

11 June, 2019 12:00

Learn@Lunch – Food report from Food & Friends

Learn at Lunch is a lecture series produced to stimulate and inspire your mind, while simultaneously filling your stomach. Since we all have time for lunch, we thought we would kill two birds with one stone and present relevant and current topics and questions, offer lunch and learn something new every time. Food & Friends …

18 June, 2019 12:00

Stress management for dummies

Stress, stress, stress, stress, stress, stress, stress, stress – everyone’s talking about it, everyone’s experiencing it. But how do you deal with it in your day to day life? What are the benefits of recovery? And what can you do in order to get a more sustainable lifestyle? Deborah Mühlrad at Bluecall will give you a crash course in …

12 June, 2019 08:00

Get to know Malin Arestål, Site Manager at Helio GT30

2019-05-27

With spring and summer often comes change, and this is true even at Helio. Malin Arestål has stepped in as a new Site Manager for Helio GT30. A new face for many in the building, but a very known face under the Helio umbrella. We took the pulse on Malin and talked about GT30 and the future visions of the building, as well as finding out if what the spring birds have told is is true regarding a potential Hawaiian Tropic-win. Hello Malin! Let’s cut to the chase! You have previously been Site Manager at Helio Hornstull and Helio Kungsholmen, how does it feel to be at GT30? So much fun! It’s exciting and challenging. The most fun has been meeting all the members. So if I say the word Helio, what do you say? A place where happy and productive people meet …

Lisa Stenberg about Number10, the colleague “Warren Buffet” and the hunt for the dream manager

2019-05-18

Last year, one of our studios at GT30 was gilded by exuberant energy and pastel colors. If you walk past the building, you will always spot one or more diligently working women, always dressed in bright colors. There is always something new happening and everyone’s always in a wonderful mood! Number10 was founded by Caroline Lidman and …

LINA EKLIND – Food, exercise and motivation: does it have to be so difficult?

Together, Abundo and Helio present an inspirational lecture with the health educator Lina Eklind. Lina Ekling is a health educator with a passion for closing the gap between extreme health and extreme unhealth. She has over 15 years of experience in leadership and entrepreneurship in health and training. Lina Eklind is an inspirational lecturer, entrepreneur, health educator, coach and leader. Her foremost motivation is to close the gap …

29 May, 2019 18:00